Singing Bones
by The Handsome Family
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The Handsome Family bestography
Singing Bones is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by The Handsome Family on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Handsome Family is Through The Trees which is ranked number 9971 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 122.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Singing Bones track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Singing Bones rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 2003 | 69/96 | 1 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | davidhuret | Top 15 Music Albums of 2003 | 15/15 | 0 |
| 2024 |  NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | larryrrr | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 53/100 | 32 |
| 2023 | AlienCinema | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | larryrrr | Top 86 Music Albums of the 2000s | 3/86 | 20 |
| 2015 | hedera | Top 50 Music Albums of 2003 | 14/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 76 | |||
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Singing Bones ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/21/2026 21:38 |  Milhaud | 2,171 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2025 02:41 | jnmayles | 2,394 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2023 09:24 | cicadelic | 14,159 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Singing Bones comments
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I only decided to check this album out because of True Detective, and I have to say I'm disappointed that none of the songs come close to Far From Any Road. It's all pleasant and cohesive enough, but Far From Any Road is way more exhilarating, dense, and varied than the rest of the tracks. I liked the album, but I'd say you're far better off just watching True Detective.
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/15/2018 13:21 | #222566
Same reason, True Detective. But I find album to be very nice, eerie and beautiful. The Forgotten Lake, 24 Hour Stone, Sleepy are almost as good as Far From Any Road, and the album's pretty consistent.
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